Double dippers decline 5% in N.Y. government

6:51 PM,
Apr. 20, 2013

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The number of state employees collecting both a salary and a pension dropped for the first time in three years, declining 5 percent from 2011 to 2012, records show.

The issue of "double dippers" has vexed state government as it has balanced the push for early retirements with the need to provide government services.

But as the ranks of state government shrink, so too has the number of employees collecting a salary and a pension, records reviewed by Gannett's Albany Bureau from the state Comptroller's Office showed. ...